Traffic jam on Barranco Wall

This picture or the next does not do the steepness of the rock face justice. We were stopped here for about 5 minutes as a woman got scared and didn't know whether to continue up or go back. After coaxing from here guide and with some help from some porters they drug here up the large step. This was the only way up for not only the trekkers but the porters as well. They had to not only scale this rock face with 25kg packs on their head/back, but also navigate around the slow tourists.

Getting High on Mt. Kilimanjaro

September 21st 2009
Talk about a walk in the clouds! Edgar and I arrived in Nairobi, Kenya on September 11 and took a shuttle to Moshi, Tanzania, a small town at the base of Mt. Kilimanjaro. The shuttle ride there was wild. It took 7+ hrs and had to be on some of the worst roads I have ever been on. At some points we were literally bouncing out of or seats. However, it was worth it as we saw the country side and the ... read more

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Shortly after independence, Tanganyika and Zanzibar merged to form the nation of Tanzania in 1964. One-party rule came to an end in 1995 with the first democratic elections held in the country since the 1970s. Zanzibar's semi-autonomous status and po... ... read more

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